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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: 2024 (apart from the obvious) (11 May 2026)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/11/postmortem/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: In praise of vultures (06 May 2026)
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: In praise of vultures (06 May 2026)
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Pluralistic: In praise of vultures (06 May 2026)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/06/champerty-loves-company/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: In praise of vultures (06 May 2026)
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Pluralistic: The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus (02 May 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/02/denazification/
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Pluralistic: A Pascal's Wager for AI Doomers (16 Apr 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/16/pascals-wager/
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Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/
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...so begann die #Geldaristokraten-Gegenbewegung nach der #Reconstruction im 19. Jahrhundert und dem #Trustbusting von #Theodore bzw. dem #NewDeal von #FranklinDelano #Rosevelt ( #FDR.)
In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch die ab diesem Zeitpunkt in Gang gesetzte, unter #Trump dann schließlich vollendete #Demokratiefeindliche Übernahme des Obersten Gerichtshofs der #USA @mastodon.social @peter_koenig
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...so begann die #Geldaristokraten-Gegenbewegung nach der #Reconstruction im 19. Jahrhundert und dem #Trustbusting von #Theodore bzw. dem #NewDeal von #FranklinDelano #Rosevelt ( #FDR.)
In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch die ab diesem Zeitpunkt in Gang gesetzte, unter #Trump dann schließlich vollendete #Demokratiefeindliche Übernahme des Obersten Gerichtshofs der #USA @mastodon.social @peter_koenig
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...so begann die #Geldaristokraten-Gegenbewegung nach der #Reconstruction im 19. Jahrhundert und dem #Trustbusting von #Theodore bzw. dem #NewDeal von #FranklinDelano #Rosevelt ( #FDR.)
In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch die ab diesem Zeitpunkt in Gang gesetzte, unter #Trump dann schließlich vollendete #Demokratiefeindliche Übernahme des Obersten Gerichtshofs der #USA @mastodon.social @peter_koenig
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...so begann die #Geldaristokraten-Gegenbewegung nach der #Reconstruction im 19. Jahrhundert und dem #Trustbusting von #Theodore bzw. dem #NewDeal von #FranklinDelano #Rosevelt ( #FDR.)
In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch die ab diesem Zeitpunkt in Gang gesetzte, unter #Trump dann schließlich vollendete #Demokratiefeindliche Übernahme des Obersten Gerichtshofs der #USA @mastodon.social @peter_koenig
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...so begann die #Geldaristokraten-Gegenbewegung nach der #Reconstruction im 19. Jahrhundert und dem #Trustbusting von #Theodore bzw. dem #NewDeal von #FranklinDelano #Rosevelt ( #FDR.)
In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch die ab diesem Zeitpunkt in Gang gesetzte, unter #Trump dann schließlich vollendete #Demokratiefeindliche Übernahme des Obersten Gerichtshofs der #USA @mastodon.social @peter_koenig
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Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/open-season/
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Pluralistic: Vicky Osterweil's "The Extended Universe" (28 Apr 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/27/mouseketeers/
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Pluralistic: The cost of doing business (25 Mar 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/25/fact-intensive/
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Pluralistic: Elon Musk's Blue Tick scam (08 Dec 2025)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/08/giant-teddybears/
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Pluralistic: The long game (20 Nov 2025)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/20/if-you-wanted-to-get-there/
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... "Kapital"durch die Gründung von Kapitalgesellschaften und den Börsen.
Bereits zu Beginn des 19. Jh. musste #TeddyRosevelt #Trustbusting betreiben, um die übelsten Auswüchse dieser Verselbständigung des Kapitals zu bekämpfen.Warum betone ich das so?
Nach der #Weltwirtschaftskrise im Gefolge des Börsencrashs 1929 und dem zweiten Weltkrieg organisierte sich auch das Großkapital in den #USA:
Relativ offen im bekannten #LewisPowellMemorandum, ideologisch auch schon früher durch den...
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Antitrust defies politics' law of gravity
https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/28/mamdani/#trustbusting
#HackerNews #Antitrust #politics #law #gravity #trustbusting #technology
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As I was saying, #FTC director #LinaKhan is doing a marvelous #TrustBusting job, good for competition, good for US consumers, and therefore a sound measure for fighting longterm inflation by price gouging.
So much so that a rightwing propaganda piece "BY TOM CAMPBELL*, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR" tries to argue for her dismissal:
https://press.coop/@thehill/112932547443091841
(Don't bother reading it...YES, Khan is not good for monopolies and oligopolies, s/: surprise! /s.)
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#USpol #TrustBusting #FTC #LinaKhan
(3/3)...revamping the US economy and devolving power back from the #BigBusiness #plutocrats back to the people. 6)
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#USpol #TrustBusting #FTC #LinaKhan
(2/n)...Lately, #FTC head #LinaKhan has even been trying to free US labor from its arcane #NonCompete clauses. 4)
Would the Boss of #LinkedIn, #Microsoft’s PR aquisition, 5) want her gone? 👉Of course he would!👈
Antitrust legislation and execution is key 🔑 for...
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https://www.wired.com/2017/03/now-we-know-why-microsoft-bought-linkedin/4)
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/04/25/dont-like-your-job-quit-for-a-rival-firm -
#USpol #TrustBusting #FTC #LinaKhan
(1/n)s/: Everything has been coming with a pricetag in the soured, plutocratic "American Experiment," at least since #CitizensInitedVsFEC./s 1)
#Antitrust #TopCop 👉#LinaKhan has been doing a superb job👈, shaking up US multinationals et al, including Microsoft 2), parent company of #LinkedIn, ever since #JoeBiden apointed her as head of the FTC 3 years ago. 3)
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#5yrsago British Parliament seizes internal Facebook documents by threatening to jail a rival exec https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/24/us/six4three-facebook-uk-parliament/index.html
#5yrsago Missouri’s latest senator is part of a wave of (extremely selective) Republican enthusiasm for #trustbusting https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/newly-elected-republican-senator-could-be-googles-fiercest-critic/
#5yrsago #TaylorSwift makes a payout to all Universal artists a clause in her new record deal https://memex.craphound.com/2018/11/25/taylor-swift-makes-a-payout-to-all-universal-artists-a-clause-in-her-new-record-deal/
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s/: Surprise!
#Oligopolies are historically known for one thing: they reduce costs for clients/consumers./sIt is high time to bring back the big guns and do some #TrustBusting, #TeddyRosevelt style.
Belatedly, the #DOJ has begun to work on it:
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/24/new-doj-lawsuit-could-break-up-google-00079229
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We live in Friedman's world, but it wasn't always thus. When Friedman set out to restore America's deposed oligarchs to their Gilded Age thrones, his ideas were *incredibly* unpopular. The post-war reforms - #trustbusting, #unions, environmental and labor protections, #SocialSecurity, etc - were wildly popular.
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#5yrsago #MurLafferty wrote a science fiction story about the DMCA to help EFF’s fair use for vidders campaign https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/eff-presents-mur-laffertys-science-fiction-story-about-our-fair-use-petition
#5yrsago The paperback of #Walkaway is out today, along with reissues of all my adult novels in matching covers! https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-paperback-of-walkaway-is-out-today-along-with-reissues-of-all-my-adult-novels-in-matching-covers/
#5yrsago The emerging split in modern #trustbusting: #AlexanderHamilton’s #FullyAutomatedLuxuryCommunism vs #ThomasJefferson’s #Redecentralization https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-emerging-split-in-modern-trustbusting-alexander-hamiltons-fully-automated-luxury-communism-vs-thomas-jeffersons-redecentralization/
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...rates (see previous threads). #TeddyRoosevelt style #TrustBusting must be a no. 1 priority (see other thread).
There must be a strong disincentive to accumulate wealth beyond a certain point.
The Limits to Growth have been known since 1972.
It's five past twelve to finally act on this knowledge.
Republicans will never stand for it. Nor the old-guard of Dems like #NancyPelosi.
All politicians and all public employees (including their kin etc.) must be... -
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Until now. For the first time in two generations, the Biden administration has taken up the neglected, noble art of #trustbusting, blocking mergers and promising to break up the mergers we've already seen, through enforcers like #JonathanKanter at the DoJ Antitrust Division and #LinaKhan at the #FTC:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/party-its-1979-og-antitrust-back-baby
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This is true for every country.. or at least will be if we don't get the stones to fix it
#bringbackthetrustbuster #trustbusting #busting #fuckthecorporatebastards
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There have been lots of other abusive "platform" businesses in the past - famously, 19th century railroads and their #RobberBaron owners were so obnoxiously abusive that they spawned the #trustbusting movement, the #ShermanAct, and modern competition law. Did the rail barons do enshittification, too?
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@rbreich Let's do this again. Gotta use hashtags or your message doesn't get out as effectively. #MastodonTips
#Corporate #Concentration #CorporateConcentration #Oligopoly #Trustbusting #GovernmentNegligence #WallStreet #Airlines #DrugCompanies #MeatProcessing
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
Pluralistic: Vicky Osterweil's "The Extended Universe" (28 Apr 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/27/mouseketeers/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Pluralistic: Vicky Osterweil's "The Extended Universe" (28 Apr 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/27/mouseketeers/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
Pluralistic: Vicky Osterweil's "The Extended Universe" (28 Apr 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/27/mouseketeers/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
Pluralistic: Vicky Osterweil's "The Extended Universe" (28 Apr 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/27/mouseketeers/
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Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/open-season/
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Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/open-season/
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Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/open-season/
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Pluralistic: Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (25 Nov 2025)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/25/open-season/
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Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/
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Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/
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Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026)
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/
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#5yrsago #MurLafferty wrote a science fiction story about the DMCA to help EFF’s fair use for vidders campaign https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/eff-presents-mur-laffertys-science-fiction-story-about-our-fair-use-petition
#5yrsago The paperback of #Walkaway is out today, along with reissues of all my adult novels in matching covers! https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-paperback-of-walkaway-is-out-today-along-with-reissues-of-all-my-adult-novels-in-matching-covers/
#5yrsago The emerging split in modern #trustbusting: #AlexanderHamilton’s #FullyAutomatedLuxuryCommunism vs #ThomasJefferson’s #Redecentralization https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-emerging-split-in-modern-trustbusting-alexander-hamiltons-fully-automated-luxury-communism-vs-thomas-jeffersons-redecentralization/
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#5yrsago #MurLafferty wrote a science fiction story about the DMCA to help EFF’s fair use for vidders campaign https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/eff-presents-mur-laffertys-science-fiction-story-about-our-fair-use-petition
#5yrsago The paperback of #Walkaway is out today, along with reissues of all my adult novels in matching covers! https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-paperback-of-walkaway-is-out-today-along-with-reissues-of-all-my-adult-novels-in-matching-covers/
#5yrsago The emerging split in modern #trustbusting: #AlexanderHamilton’s #FullyAutomatedLuxuryCommunism vs #ThomasJefferson’s #Redecentralization https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-emerging-split-in-modern-trustbusting-alexander-hamiltons-fully-automated-luxury-communism-vs-thomas-jeffersons-redecentralization/
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#5yrsago #MurLafferty wrote a science fiction story about the DMCA to help EFF’s fair use for vidders campaign https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/eff-presents-mur-laffertys-science-fiction-story-about-our-fair-use-petition
#5yrsago The paperback of #Walkaway is out today, along with reissues of all my adult novels in matching covers! https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-paperback-of-walkaway-is-out-today-along-with-reissues-of-all-my-adult-novels-in-matching-covers/
#5yrsago The emerging split in modern #trustbusting: #AlexanderHamilton’s #FullyAutomatedLuxuryCommunism vs #ThomasJefferson’s #Redecentralization https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-emerging-split-in-modern-trustbusting-alexander-hamiltons-fully-automated-luxury-communism-vs-thomas-jeffersons-redecentralization/
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#5yrsago #MurLafferty wrote a science fiction story about the DMCA to help EFF’s fair use for vidders campaign https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/eff-presents-mur-laffertys-science-fiction-story-about-our-fair-use-petition
#5yrsago The paperback of #Walkaway is out today, along with reissues of all my adult novels in matching covers! https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-paperback-of-walkaway-is-out-today-along-with-reissues-of-all-my-adult-novels-in-matching-covers/
#5yrsago The emerging split in modern #trustbusting: #AlexanderHamilton’s #FullyAutomatedLuxuryCommunism vs #ThomasJefferson’s #Redecentralization https://memex.craphound.com/2018/05/22/the-emerging-split-in-modern-trustbusting-alexander-hamiltons-fully-automated-luxury-communism-vs-thomas-jeffersons-redecentralization/
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Pluralistic: The whole economy pays the Amazon tax (25 Feb 2026)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/25/most-favored-nation/